George M. Wallhauser, Jr.

George Marvin Wallhauser, Jr. (April 4, 1927 – August 7, 2011) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the Chairman of the Essex County Republican Organization and was a candidate for Congress in 1968. He was the son of George M. Wallhauser, who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965.

Biography

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, he ran an insurance company and was the Chairman of the East Orange General Hospital for seventeen years.[1] He resided in Maplewood.

In 1968, Wallhauser sought the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey's 11th district against three-term Democratic incumbent Joseph Minish. He won the Republican primary over Donald MacArt of East Orange and Jack Hastings Burmeister of Maplewood, 66%-33%-1%).[2] He lost the general election to Minish, 91,496 (66%) to 46,426 (33%).[3] In that campaign, Wallhauser proposed federal subsidies to urban areas to pay police officers and firefighters.[4]

He was the Essex County Republican Chairman from 1971 to 1973. He did not seek re-election after Cahill lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination to conservative Charles Sandman.[5]

Wallhauser served as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities under Governor William T. Cahill, as Chairman of the Garden State Parkway Authority,[6] and was the Chairman of People for Bateman during the 1977 gubernatorial campaign of Raymond Bateman.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "George M. Wallhauser, Jr.". The Star-Ledger. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "1968 Primary Election Results" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "1968 General Election Results" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Wallhauser Clashes With Minish in the Complicated 11th". New York Times. 11 October 1968.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Joseph F. (11 June 1973). "PARTIES PREPARE NEW ALIGNMENTS; Republicans and Democrats Will Select New Leaders for State Tomorrow Dugan Appears Choice Pledges of Support". New York Times.
  6. ↑ Demarest, Lee (29 August 1975). "Parkway in Jersey Lifts Its Ban on Motorcyclists; Parkway Lifts Motorcycle Ban For Year's Test Starting Nov. 1". New York Times.
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Joseph (2 August 1977). "Byrne and Bateman Lay Groundwork for Fall Campaign". New York Times.
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